Conspiracy charge against Aliquippa woman dropped

Tuesday

Sep 22, 2009 at 12:01 AMSep 22, 2009 at 7:50 PM

BEAVER — A charge of criminal conspiracy against an Aliquippa woman accused of being part of an unusual theft ring in Ohioville was dismissed Tuesday.

Kelly J. Forrester, 41, of 178 Baker St. had been charged along with three other people, including her husband, on allegations that an Ohioville man steered others to his neighbor’s house to steal items in exchange for drugs.

The alleged ringleader, David P. Hoffman Jr., 25, of 110 Meadowbrook Drive, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges of criminal trespass and criminal conspiracy.

Ohioville police said Shawn Toth and Wendy Ott, 108 Meadowbrook Drive, reported that a 20-inch television was stolen from their house between July 3 and 5. On July 25, Toth and Ott reported another burglary, saying someone took an air compressor.

Hoffman admitted to police that he entered the Toth/Ott residence on July 24 but said he became scared and left without taking anything.

Hoffman told police that he had told Harry Conner on July 4 where Conner could get a television (at his neighbors’ house) in exchange for 10 Vicodin pills.

Conner, 49, of 182 Baker St., Aliquippa, was ordered to stand trial Tuesday by Beaver County District Judge James DiBenedetto on charges of burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy.

Hoffman also told police that between July 15 and 17, he told Charles Forrester about the air compressor in exchange for $25 and six pills. Police said that Forrester’s wife, Kelly, drove her husband to Ohioville so that Charles Forrester could enter the home and take the compressor.

Charles Forrester, 40, of 178 Baker St., Aliquippa, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges of burglary, theft and criminal conspiracy.

Conner was also ordered to stand trial on drug possession charges; he was accused by Beaver County detectives of selling 10 painkiller drugs to Hoffman in an undercover drug buy in August.

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